Multiple iCloud Services Experiencing Issues

Might be those Chinese spy chips self-destructing! :)

What's really been bugging me about iCloud is that since the last OS upgrade, I have to sign into iCloud every single time I boot my Mac, and then it proceeds with "Setting up your Mac". Every single time. I was told to sign out of iCloud and then sign back in, which I did. That fixed the problem for one reboot. I also don't like that if I sign out of iCloud and elect to save what's on my Mac, it deletes what's on my Mac. What is it with Apple and cloud services?

That sounds more like a problem with your OS

Don’t have access to my photos on the cloud...

Don't worry someone else does.

Haven’t been able to sign into my iCloud account for the past 2 hours.

You mean Apple acknowledged the issue 8:51 a.m. Pacific Time. I’ve had iCloud mail issues for past 3 days.

Not positive, last I've read that iCloud's services relies in part on Amazon's servers. I use AWS with my business. I got an email from Amazon a few days ago that they were moving from Oracle's DB SW to Amazon's own Aurora PostgreSQL DB SW today (early this morning, I recall). AWS has been spotty all day, but I planned for it. I'd read that Aurora choked on Prime Day a few months ago, so no surprise today - I scheduled couriers today and tomorrow for critical deliveries and glad that I did now...

Don’t have access to my photos on the cloud...

No, MacRumors published a story about it. Apple provides system status here: Apple's System Status Page ('https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/'). https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

Rarely does that page match reality. There’s ALWAYS lag when Apple updates the status page.

My iPhone kept asking me to enter the Apple ID password last night. There was a line in the Settings app saying 'Update Apple ID Settings: Some account services will not be available until you sign in again.'

Even though I typed in my correct password, I was in an infinite loop...

I Googled the problem, and found a post with a similar case on Reddit (in 2015). Someone there said it was a widespread issue. I then went to the iCloud system status — bingo, iCloud-related services were (are) down.

It's coming back now. Luckily I didn't turn off & on iCloud, sign out, sign back in. Next time when there's an iCloud-related problem, check the status page first. But this outrage was quite long...

Might be those Chinese spy chips self-destructing! :)

Wouldn’t that be a wicked twist in this novella?